Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3263 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated salt works |
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Summary
Some mounds marked on the first 1836 Ordnance Survey maps can no longer be seen in the field. They may be undated salt mounds.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 668 298 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62NE |
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| Parish: | DERSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Group of mounds marked on (S1) on west side of Dersingham Common - salterns?
(S2) marks only eastern most remaining, but even these have now disappeared, except for some slight rises in a cornfield.
E. Rose 2 June 1977.
Monument Types
- MOUND (Undated)
- SALT WORKS (Undated)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Dersingham. |
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
| <S2> | Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map.. |
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